What 'ghosting' means and how to deal with it

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We probably have all done it at some point in our lives. You simply vanish, evaporate and are never seen or heard from again. I didn’t know that it had a name. But according to an article in the ‘New York Times’, it is called ghosting. It is the act of ending a romantic relationship by cutting off all contact and ignoring the former partner’s attempts to reach out.

The article was referring to Sean Penn’s relationship with the South African actress Charlize Theron that has taken a turn for the worse since Ms. Theron neither picks calls nor responds Penn’s text messages. Interesting. It was observed that in 185 people sampled, 16.7 per cent of men and 24.2 per cent of women have been ghosts at some point in their lives. I would be interested in a similar survey in Kenya. I have been ghosted before and I have ghosted.